Marcelle Bergerol (born Cahen) (1900 Paris - 1989 Paris)[1] was a member of the atelier of Edmond Heuzé, and enjoyed remarkable longevity as a painter, bringing to the canvas exceptional images of France, including Brittany, Quercy in the Dordogne region, and Paris, the City of lights.
Marcelle Bergerol was considered a figurative painter as well as a regional painter (meaning her artwork was mainly limited to the three regions abovementioned)
Bergerol exhibited in Paris at the “Salon des Indépendants” starting in 1927 and later showed her work at the “Salon d'Automne” from 1929 to 1936, and the “Salon des Tuileries” from 1930 to 1934. She also exhibited in several galleries in Paris, like the Gallery du Verseau, the Gallery Altarriba and the Gallery Armand Drouant, before and after World War II.
Color and forms are two distinctive elements in Bergerol's work, and in her mastery of the canvas she transports us back to France to a vibrant, dynamic time. Her art was inspired by great masters like Cézanne, Monet and Pissaro. As a post-impressionist painter, however, she was especially influenced by the use of colors in fauvist painter Albert Marquet's work.